According to the Guinness World Records, the tallest human in recorded history was Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940), who was 272cm (8ft 11in). He received media attention in 1939 when he was measured to be the tallest man in the world, beating John Rogan's record, after reaching a height of 267cm (8ft 9in).
There are reports about even taller people but most of such claims are unverified or erroneous. Since antiquity, discoveries have been recorded of gigantic human skeletons. Originally thought to belong to mythical giants, these bones were later identified as the exaggerated remains of prehistoric animals, usually whales or elephants.[1][2][3][4][5] Regular reports in American newspapers in the 18th and 19th centuries of giant human skeletons[6][7][8] may have inspired the case of the "petrified" Cardiff Giant, a famous archaeological hoax.[7][9][10]
Probably never the world's tallest person due to his life coinciding with that of John Rogan. Skeleton preserved in the Museum of Natural History in Mons, Belgium. Tallest German person in recorded history.[citation needed]
Height disputed. Claimed to be 8ft 4 in (254cm). Guinness stated he was 7ft 4in (224cm)[20] At the age of 12, he was taller than his father, who stood 6ft 3 in tall. He reportedly had a great-grandfather in Italy who was also of abnormal height.
Claimed to be the tallest living person from 1940 to 1963. Measured 251.4cm (8ft 3in) tall at his peak. A member of the Finnish Defence Forces, Myllyrinne is also considered the tallest soldier ever.
The tallest living person since 17 September 2009, as determined by Guinness World Records.[24] He also has the longest hands for a living person: 28.5-centimetre-long (11.22in).[25]
Coyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August, gave his height as 8ft (240cm), although he had reached a height of 8ft 1.7in (2.48m), possibly 8feet 4inches (254cm) by the time of his death.
Tallest person recorded at the time at 8ft 0in (244cm)-8ft 1in (246cm). Measured officially at the age of 18.[32] Is not recognized by The Guinness Book Of World Records.
Tallest person recorded at the time and the third in medical history to stand at a verified height of 8ft 0in (244cm). Remains examined in 1972, measured, height verified.
Was the tallest man in Southeast Asia, and he was the tallest Indonesian; claimed to be 8ft 10.5in (270.5cm). Officially measured (lying down and in the standing position) by the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) in December 2009.[39]
Tallest man in the Netherlands. Tallest man to live past 60 years of age. His brother-in-law was a dwarf and did not exceed 69cm (27in). Together they formed a variety act, with performances around the world.[40]
Second-tallest man in the Netherlands; he was known as the giant of Rotterdam. Early June 2011, a life-size statue of Rijnhout was unveiled in the Oude Westen district in Rotterdam.[47]
Possible tallest strongman as well as possible tallest wrestler in history. His death certificate claimed 8ft 3in (2.51m) tall and still growing. Though other sources say 7ft 8 in (2.34 m).Guinness stated he was 7ft 9 in (2.36 m)[61][dubious–discuss]
Previously the tallest person living in the United States. Originally from Ukraine, moved to Rochester, Minnesota to be treated at the Mayo Clinic. Acted in commercials and movies.[67] Became well known by wearing a T-shirt that read "Obama's Biggest Supporter". Took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, as one of the performers on the stage representing Ukraine.
Only person known to have been both a dwarf and giant. He was 118cm (3ft 10in) tall at age 21 and peaked at 234cm (7ft 8in) when he died, having doubled his height as an adult.
Jacob Rheuben Ehrlich. American silent film actor and sideshow performer. Earle claimed to be 8 ft 6.5 in (2.60m) however his real height was 7 ft 6 in (2.29m).[105]
Was the tallest in high school and college basketball while playing in the USA (tied for tallest with Tacko Fall in his final college season in 2015–16).[110][111]
Currently the tallest player in the NBA G League since being signed by the Cleveland Charge in 2022.[111][112] Was the tallest high school basketball player in the US as of 2014,[113] and was the tallest player in US college basketball from 2016 to 2019.
Allegedly the second-tallest woman in history but not recognized by Guinness World Records. Her mother describes her full height at 8ft 4in (2.54m).[142]
Confirmed by Guinness World Records as tallest female recorded. Suffered from spine curvature and could not stand at full height. Tallest recorded Chinese person and world's tallest person shortly before her death. She is the only woman verified to have reached 8 feet (244cm) tall.[143]
Tallest recorded English woman and possibly the world's tallest person at the time of her death. Given height is adjusted for spinal curvature; maximum standing height was 7ft 10in (239cm).[147][148]
Better known as Stor-Stina (Big Stina), she was a Sami woman with gigantism, who was examined by Swedish anatomists and later toured internationally under the stage name The Lapland Giantess.[167]
A skeleton 31.5ft (9.6m) long, found in the river bank in the Jubbulpore district on August 8, 1934.[170] Initially believed to be a giant human, it was identified as a giant non-human ape soon after unearthing.[171]
A left part of a huge skeleton was discovered in a sand quarry in Dauphiné in 1613.[172] These bones were thought to belong to an ancient giant king 24–25ft (7.3–7.6m) tall.[169][173] Later studies have shown that it is a Late MioceneproboscideanDeinotherium or close relative.[2][174] The existence of a large tombstone from early reports has not been confirmed, the coins found along with the bones belong to Marseille Republic and were found a few years before the discovery of the skeleton.[3]
A giant human skeleton from Tennessee, found in 1845. It was estimated at 18ft (5.5m) but the living man was believed to be "at least" 20ft (6.1m) tall. However, even in 1845 it was reported that the discovery was not confirmed.[175] This skeleton as well as an 8ft 9in (2.67m) tall specimen found in the Rocky Mountains in 1838, is very likely the remains of an extinct animal.[7]
A gigantic remains including teeth discovered near Utica by Saint Augustine in 412 AD and later by Thomas d'Arcos[ca] in 1630. The bones crumbled to dust during the extraction, but two enormous teeth were saved. It was assumed that this skeleton and similar specimens from the nearby localities are the remains of the giants, Hercules or Adam.[3] However, already in 1631, Peiresc suggested that these remains belong to a marine animal or an elephant. More recent research indicates that this giant's preserved upper molar is most likely belongs to a Pleistocene relative of the modern African elephant.[3]
Pleistocene. Originally thought to be a 600-year-old giant who died 4000 years before his remains were found.[3]
From the time of Magellan's expeditions until the end of the 18th century, European explorers reported about the Patagonians 2.7 and 3.0m (9 and 10ft) tall, and even an individual about 4 or 4.5m (13 or 15ft) tall captured by Magellan's crewmen near the Santa Cruz River (Argentina).[178] In reality, Patagonians usually did not exceed 1.8m (6ft) in height. A 1615 report about a grave with bones of the giants in Puerto Deseado could have been initiated by fossil finds.[178]
As it is claimed in Bible, Og's sarcophagus (bed[180] or probably couch[181]) was nine cubits long and four cubits wide which is approximately 4.1m ×1.8m (13.5ft ×6ft).[182][183] Historicity of Og is disputed,[182] his sarcophagus could be a dolmen. In Europe, such tombs have been called "beds of the giants".[180]
It was claimed that at the age of 18 Kashmir Khan was almost 12 feet (365.8cm) tall but when he was admitted to hospital in 1933 he was found to be only 7ft 2.6 in (220cm) tall.[184]
Height estimate based on bone fragments found at the Neolithic cemetery of Castelnau-le-Lez, excavated in 1890 by Georges Vacher de Lapouge and published in the journal La Nature, Vol. 18, 1890.[185][5]
As quoted in The New York Times in 1880, two giant skeletons, both at 11ft 3in (3.43m), were found in Pennsylvania in 1798. After being taken up, the bones crumbled to pieces.[6]
According to Herodotus, a coffin 7 cubits (311.5cm if 1 cubit is 44.5cm[180]) long with the skeleton of exactly the same size[180][4] was found in Tegea.[5] In fact, bones of Orestes could have belonged to a large Pleistocene animal.[189][190]
Lived in Desouk and worked there as a waiter until he became too tall and could not continue to serve customers. It is stated that he was 10feet 2inches (310cm) tall and was still growing at the age of 14.[191][192]
Multiple human skeletons discovered by Dr. J. F. Everhart and the Historical Society of Brush Creek Township, Ohio in 1880.[194] Unverified, controversial and disputed.[195]
Mentioned by Pliny the Elder as living in his own time.[196] Also mentioned as Gabbara by Robert Plot in his Natural history of Oxfordshire, 1677.[197]
According to Claudius Aelianus, three sons of Boreas, each 6 cubits (2.7m (9ft) if 1 cubit is 45cm[203]) tall, were priests of Apollo.[203]Hyperborea itself is a legendary country and the subject of symbolic interpretations.[204]
Skeleton of reputed giant "Hayduk", Turkish soldier displayed at Vienna's Anatomical museum in 1904. Height estimated from femur and tibia at 235.2 to 244.4cm (7ft 8.6in to 8ft 0.2in) tall.[215]
Possible tallest Croat recorded as well as possible tallest person of Austria-Hungary of his time. Some sources states his height as 219cm (7ft 2) some at 237cm (7ft 9.6), his exact height is disputed.[226][227]
Saint venerated by the Roman Catholic Church. According to legend, he was 5 cubits (2.3m (7ft 7in)) tall, a claimed "gigantic tooth" of St. Christopher turned out to be a tooth of hippopotamus.[228]
Measurement according to her middle school fitness exam, measured late 2019. Confirmation would tie her with Sun Fang, the world's tallest living woman as of 2020, as well as make her the tallest female teenager and female basketball player.[230]
Anna Haining Bates was a Canadian woman notable for her great stature of 7 feet 11 inches (2.41 m). She was one of the tallest women ever. Her parents were of average height and were Scottish immigrants.
Robert Pershing Wadlow, also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a small city near St. Louis, Missouri.
Eddie Carmel was an Israeli-born American entertainer with gigantism and subsequent acromegaly resulting from a pituitary adenoma. He was popularly known as "The Jewish Giant", "The Happy Giant," and "The World's Biggest Cowboy."
Sun Mingming is a Chinese former professional basketball player. He is the tallest professional basketball player in the world and was measured by the Guinness World Records as 2.36 m tall and weighing 168 kg (370 lb).
Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, also known as Expedition Everest, is a steel roller coaster built by Vekoma at Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The ride is themed around the Yeti protecting the Forbidden Mountain next to Mount Everest. It is the only roller coaster at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and the tallest roller coaster at any Disney theme park.
Bao Xishun is a Chinese herdsman from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, recognized by Guinness World Records as one of the world's tallest living men at 7 feet 9 inches (236 cm) tall. He was formerly certified as the tallest living man by the Guinness World Records. On September 17, 2009, Sultan Kösen overtook Bao Xishun as the tallest living man.
Fiodar Andrejevič Makhnov or Feodor Andreevich Makhnov was born in 1878 at the village of Kostyuki near Viciebsk, then part of the Russian Empire. Exact details such as his height and weight are unconfirmed.
Gabriel Estêvão Monjane (1944–1990) is one of only twenty-four individuals in medical history to have reached eight feet (244 cm) or more in height.
Vikas Kumar "Vicky" Uppal was a native and resident of India, said to be India's tallest man until his death on 30 June 2007 when he died during a failed brain tumor operation in Delhi. In 2004, The Tribune reported him to be 2.46 m tall and still growing, being in his late teens.
Clifford Marshall Thompson was one of the world's tallest men, the world's tallest lawyer, and remains the tallest man to ever appear in a Hollywood film.
Sultan Kösen is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 251 cm.
Hussain Mahamed Ahmed, more commonly known as Hussain Bisad is one of the tallest people in the world, at 2.32 m. He held the record for the largest hands of anyone alive until Sultan Kosen took the record. His hands are 10.59 inches or 26.9 cm long. He weighs 210 kg (460 lb).
Yekaterina Viktorovna Lisina, also known as Ekaterina Lisina, is a Russian model and former basketball player. She currently holds a Guinness World Record as the tallest professional model. Throughout her basketball career, she competed for the Russian National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.
Titan was an American male white Great Dane who was a holder of the Guinness World Record as the world's tallest dog. His official height was 107.3 centimetres (42.2 in) from the floor to his shoulder. The previous holder was another Great Dane, Gibson, who measured 107.2 centimetres (42.2 in), and died in August 2009. During the nomination process, Titan, who suffered from several health conditions, fought off competition from a Newfoundland from North Dakota and another Great Dane, from Arizona. On February 22, 2010, Titan was dethroned as world's tallest dog by Giant George, a Great Dane from Arizona.
Erika Ervin, known professionally as Amazon Eve, is an American model, fitness trainer, and actress. She has appeared on the cover of Australian magazine Zoo Weekly and played a regular character on American Horror Story: Freak Show and in a small role in American Horror Story: Apocalypse. She stands 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) tall.
Chandra Bahadur Dangi was a Nepali man who was the shortest man in recorded history, measuring 54.6 cm. He broke the record previously set by Gul Mohammed (1957–1997), whose height was 57 cm.
Zeus was a Great Dane from Otsego, Michigan, United States, famous for being named the "world's tallest dog" by the 2012 and 2013 Guinness Book of World Records.
Siah Khan Ibn Kashmir Khan was a tall Persian man who lived in the Zarqan functions of Fars province in the early 20th century in Lepui, also suffered from physical and mental retardation and proteus syndrome.
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